During the meal we will discuss the early history of the Chabad movement which formally began
in 1798 after the arrest and subsequent liberation of the founder of Chabad Chassidism,
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (The Alter Rebbe)

The 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev (corresponding this year to December 7th) which is celebrated
as the “Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism.” It was on this date, in the year 1798, that the founder of Chabad
Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), was freed from his imprisonment in czarist
Russia. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in the history of Chassidism,
heralding a new era in the revelation of the “inner soul” of Torah.